Birth & Postnatal Doula Services in Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire

As a doula, my job is to provide you with all the educational, practical and emotional support you need to navigate your unique journey. I help you to explore all your options, empower you to make the choices that feel right and be your advocate, if you need it.

You may be planning an elective caesarean or a hospital birth with an epidural. Or you may prefer an undisturbed water birth at home.

If induction of labour is something you are concerned about I can help with your choices.

I won’t judge you, pressure you or try to persuade you to make one choice or another. My support doesn’t involve telling you what to do. The most important thing to me is that you feel safe, comfortable and fully in control. No matter what choices you make I’ve got your back!

I will help you communicate with health care professionals effectively, so that you get the care you deserve.

If you need or want to change the plan at any point in your pregnancy or during your birth experience, I’ll help to make the process as calm and as stress free as possible.

My approach to being your doula

My clients describe me as pro-active and thorough.

You will also be offered the opportunity to attend one of the group courses I teach at no extra cost.

I know from experience that the better prepared you are and the more time I have spent getting to know you, the smoother things are likely to go on the day so I generally like to do a lot more than the standard two antenatal sessions.

I’m very down-to-earth and evidence based in my thinking. If you are looking for someone who can realign your chakras or teach you how to channel the Goddess through your vagina, then I’m probably not your doula.

Having said that, if you are looking for any birth-related information or service that I can’t provide myself, I’ve probably got a contact I can put you in touch with.

In addition to my training and experience as a doula and breastfeeding peer supporter, I also have some training in counselling skills and clinical hypnosis.

I often work with women who have experienced previous trauma or have high anxiety levels.

I also have a special interest and training in optimal fetal positioning (or biomechanics of birth). This means I can help you to understand what you can do to prepare physically as well as mentally.

As a keen yogi and gym bunny myself, I love working with others who are interested in approaching birth from a holistic perspective.

My Experience

So far in my doula career I have had the privilege of supporting women at home births, in a midwife led unit and in a delivery/obstetric unit. I have supported induced birth and surgical birth (planned and unplanned).

I have supported women with tokophobia, previous birth trauma, a history of precipitous labours and women expecting a rainbow baby. I have supported same sex couples and solo parents.